Spacer/extender for titanium dioxide in pigment systems for coatings

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PATENT NO 5171631
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07555928

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A coating composition and method of coating for producing a coating containing at least 21-22% by volume titanium dioxide pigment for developing hiding on a suitable substrate, the coating composition having a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of up to a critical pigment volume concentration (CPVC), preferably a PVC of from about 25% to about 50-60% and more preferably from about 25% to about 45%, and a pigment system including an optional filler and a prime pigment comprising about 70-98% by volume titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2), preferably a rutile form having a median particle size of about 0.2 microns, and about 2-30% by volume of an aluminum trihydrate (ATH) spacer/extender pigment having a similar median particle size and particle size distribution, preferably substantially the same as for the TiO.sub.2 pigment.

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ALMATIS INC501 WEST PARK ROAD LEETSDALE PA 15056

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Adkins, Adrian S Moraga, CA 3 37

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